Apparatus for continuous saccharification of starch



Dec. 28, 1943. A. s. SIPYAGUIN ETAL 2,337,688

APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS SA GCHARIFICATIO N 0F STARCH Filed March 4, 1941 Patented Dec. 28, 1943 OFFICE APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS SACCHARI FICATION F STARCH Alexander Sergeevitch Sipyaguin and Sholom 0|- carovitch Socialist Republics Shoemaklier, Moscow, Union of Soviet Application March 4, 1941, Serial No. 3851.752 In the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics April 18, 1988 3 Claims.

There are known'devices for sacchariflcatlon of starch consisting of tubular heat exchangers arranged in succession, wherein the mixture of selatinized starch milk and acids which flows in the tubes, is heated by steam entering the intertubular space.

In these devices it is however impossible to obtain a simultaneous saccharification and gelatinization as the gelatine formed by the starched milk clogs the tubes and deprives the liquid of a. free movement therethrcugh.

In contradistinction thereto the proposed method and the apparatus therefor make possible an uninterrupted process oi the saccharification of starch in such a manner, that saccharification and gelatinization are performed in the same apparatus, and besides this any chance 01 clogging oi the tubes by the gelatine is entirely eliminated..

According to this purpose in the given invention the process is maintained at temperatures cent the layer 0 and forms an inlet extension for The steam is led into the intertubular space I of the first two A-sections with such temperatures as to heat the mixture which flows through the tubes 2, up to the desired temperature, In

, the heat exchangers, wherein the. mixture enters ranging from 110 to 230 C. and corresponding I pressures. Measures are taken as to prevent a premature gelatinization of the starch milk which is conducted to the apparatus; these consisting in heat insulation oi the tore-part of the apparatus, from which the starched milk is first conducted to the tubular heater, where the gelatinization and the saccharification of the starch are performed"; it is even expedient to create anartificial cooling of this head-part of the apparatus.

tended as a receiver for the steam entering from the mains 3 (Figs. 1, 2) by way of the valves 5 and 8. The condensate is removed by means of the tube 8. I

The cooling header B of the apparatus (Figs.-

2 and 3) is connected to the inlet end of the first tubular heat interchanger by means of a thick heat insulating layer 9. This layer 8 is perforated and surrounds the ends of the tubes 2.

A wooden member ill, in which channels are pro-v vided, corresponding to the tubes in the heat 7 exchanger is arranged within the header'adiain cold condition after leaving the header B, the starch is first gelatinized and later, owing to a quick heating, builds a column of starched gelatine. However, and under the influence oi the high temperature of the walls the layer of gelatine, adjacent to these is soon'liquefied and the little cylinder of gelatine is forced through under the pressure of the pumped liquid. Simultaneous;

saccharificaticn and gelatinization are present only in the first A sections. Later the mixture is already liquefied and in the A1 sections only saccharification is noted.

The discharge of the syrup is efiectuated by means of the tube i4, whereon a suitable valv not shown in the drawing, is installed.

Having described the proposed method and the manner in which it is to be performed, we herewith state, that what we claim is:

1. An apparatus of the character described including a connected series of heat exchangers including spaced tubes therein, inlets for conducting steam into the heat exchangers, an inlet header connected to one-of the heat exchangers for conducting the material to be treated into the 'tubes, a cooling Jacket surrounding the inlet header and the heat exchanger connected theremodate the ends of the spaced tubes within the to and an additional heat insulating member heat exchanger and means are provided ior'witharranged in the header and having channels drawing any condensate forming in the walls of therein registering with the tubes and forming the heatexchangers. extensions thereof. 5 V

3. An apparatuses claimed in claim 2 in which ALEXANDER. SERGEEVITCH SIPYAGUIN. the heat insulating layer is perforated to aocom- SHOLOM OSCAROVI'ICH SHOEMAKHER. 

